Ironing board



V, WYSON G IRONING BOARD Filed Jan. .10, 1930 Vergil Wg Patented Mar.24, 1931Y UNITED STATES PATENToFFICE;

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INDIANA, A CORPORATION or INDIANA InoNING ,BOARD j My invention relatesto ironing boards and it is the object of the invention to provide anironing board having novel features of construction and inexpensive tomanufacture.

" A 'further object is to produce an ironing board which can be openedin a simple o e r ation and when opened constitutes arigid board withoutbracings on the legs that heretofore have been necessary.

Referring to the accompanying drawlngs which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure 1isa side elevation of my mventlon in open position,

Flgure 2, a bottom plan v1ew showing the ironing board folded, and

Figure 3, a cross-sectional view on line 3-3 of Figure 1. In the drawingreference character 10 indicates the table portion of an ironing boardof conventional sha e having secured to the bottom parallel to tidelarge end of the table portion a clevis 11 provided with a plurality 26of depending lugs 12 and 13. A pair of legs 14 is pivotally secured tothe inner pair of depending lugs 12 and a pair of braces 15 is pivotallysecured at one end to the other depending lugs 13 and the lower endspivotally 3o fixed to the outside of its corresponding leg in such amanner as to permit the legs 14 to be folded against the board. A secondpair of braces 16 is pivotally fixed to the inside of the legs 14 andextends diagonally toward the center of `the board when in openposition. The free ends .17 of the braces 16 are swin ingly connected bya U-shaped hook 18 i which is slidably secured to the board portion bymeans of a long metal strip 19 fixed at each end to the under side oftheboard. The undersides of the leg braces 16 are also connected by aslotted metal band 20 which allows the braces 16 and also the legs 14 tospread when the board is opened and acts as a closing device on the legswhen collapsed. A third leg 21 is pivotally secured to a pair ofdepending lugs 22 near the center of the board between the braces 16 andthe band 20 and extending obliquely downward when in 50 open position.To prevent undue wear by contact of the slotted band-20 a metal plate 231s fixed to-the.- leg. ,At-the pivoted end of the leg 21and back of thelugs-22 a strip 24 is secured. on which the end vof the leg may restremoving unnecessary strainv on the lugs and tending to strengthen theboard. IIn vorder to hold the leg 21 in o en position a reenforcednotch25 islocate near the free endY on the upper side of the leg .intowhich the brace -rod-26lenters. The saidbrace rodv 26' 60 1s pivotallyhinged by loops 27.atthe clevis 11. The brace rod is prevented, frombecomlng displaced by a metal strip 28 secured above the notch 25 whichpermits the brace to slide and of such `a length as to allow closing andopening of the board. `A bar 29 is plvoted at its center on the leg 21and serves as a latch to hold the legs in folded position as shown inFigure 2.

' It will be obvious .to those skilled inthe art that various. changesmay be made in my devicewithout departing Jfrom the spirit of theinvention and therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in thedrawings and described in the specification, but only as indlcated inthe appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I' claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An ironing board comprising a table portion. a pair of legs pivotallyattached to the table portion near its end, a pair of braces pivoted tothe inside of said legs and extending diagonally toward the other end ofsaid table portion and being slidably connected thereto, a third legpivoted to the board near its center and having a notch near its lowerend, a hinged brace rod secured to said table portion and extending oversaid third leg and having means adapted toengage the said notch and holdsaid third leg in a fixed position for maintaining said board in onenposition. a band on the underside of said pair of braces, a bar pivotedat its center to the underside of said third leg. said last mentionedband and bar serving as a means to hold said legs in fixed position whenclosed, substantially as set forth.

*2. An ironing board comprising a table portion, a pair legs pivotallyattached to the table portion near its end, a pair of braces pivoted tothe inside of said legs and extendmg diagonally toward the other end ofsaid table portion and being slidably connected thereto, a third legpivoted to the board near its center and having a notch near its lowerend, a hinged brace rod secured to said table portion and extending oversaid third leg,I and having means adapted to engage the said leg in afixed position for maintaining said board in open position, and a bandconnected at its ends to each of said pair of braces said band havingrlost motion connection with said braces to allow them to separate and tolimit the separation thereof, substantially as set forth.

`3. An ironing board comprising a table portion, a clevis secured tosaid table portion having depending lugs, said lugs havingr supportingmembers and braces pivotally secured thereto, a separate supportingmember pivotally secured to said table portion near its center, a pairof braces extending from said supporting members, said braces havin ahook connecting their free ends and slidabfly secured to the under sideof the table ortiOn, a band connected at its ends to sai pair of braces,said band having lost motion connection with said braces to allow 'themto separate and to limit the separation thereof, and means for holdingsaid supporting members in stationary position when colla sed,substantially as set forth.

n witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Peru, Indiana thissixth day of January, A. D. nineteen hundred and thirty.

V'ERN WYSONG.

